#010: This week's guest is Liz Baghaei, who lives in Burbank, CA with her soon-to-be 5 year old son. In this episode, Liz shares her incredible story of becoming a single mom. She talks about her unexpected, yet healthy, pregnancy, how pregnancy positively impacted her relationship to her body, and her easy, unmedicated, doula-supported birth. Liz describes the loneliness and anxiety of her first year as a mom and what helped her stay connected to herself despite having very little support. S...
#009: This week's guest is Jennifer Sterling, who lives in Manhattan with her 8 year old son. In this episode, Jennifer gets honest about her experience of being pregnant, which lasted 44 weeks and included pregnancy-long nausea and trouble gaining weight. She also describes her traumatic cesarean birth experience and shares the difficulties she faced during the postpartum period, which included flashbacks to her birth, her divorce, and a period with homelessness. She reveals what she finds r...
#008: This week's guest is Erin Pace, who lives in New York City with her family, which includes her husband and their 2 year old son. In this episode, Erin shares the beautiful story of her son’s birth via surrogacy, a decision she made with her husband after several disappointing rounds of IVF which did not result in pregnancy. Erin’s 8-year story of perseverance, faith, surrender, gratitude, and love is inspiring. She even explains how she and her husband remained connected to each other a...
#007: This week's guest is Kirsten Zinchuk Haley, who lives near Princeton, NJ and is a mom of three children, two daughters (13 and 11) and one son (7). In this episode, Kirsten talks through all three of her birth stories, one cesarean after her breech baby was undetected by her doctor, a successful VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), and finally, a wildly free unmedicated birth using the hypnobirthing technique. Kirsten shares her perspective about the heartbreaking joy of motherhood, the...
#006: This week's guest is Nina Restieri, who lives in Connecticut and is a mom of four children, Andrew (23), Jenna (21), Matthew (19), and Jamie (16). In this episode, Nina shares the unique choices she made with her ex-husband toward becoming a beautiful, blended family, how her motherhood journey has evolved over time, the process of learning to take care of herself, how she feels about becoming an empty-nester, and what she worried about unnecessarily when her children were younger. Nina...
#005: This week's guest is Saba Homayoon Hopkins, who lives in Los Angeles, California with her family, which includes her husband and their two kids, Lily (9) and Alex (5). In this episode, Saba talks about how pregnancy helped dramatically change her view of her body and tells the story of her hospital birth. She then discusses the loneliness of pumping breastmilk and shares how she prepared her daughter for a sibling. Saba also talks about the experience of learning that her son has Sensor...
#004: This week's guest is Brenda Munson, who lives in Portland, Oregon with her family, which includes her husband and their 3-year-old son. In this episode, Brenda talks about her path to pregnancy, explains her unexpected aversion to being pregnant, and tells the story about her 63-hour labor which led to the arrival of her son via vacuum-assisted birth. Brenda also talks about her commitment to breastfeeding and finding the balance between permissiveness and boundary setting as a parent. ...
#003: This week's guest is Anjua Maximo, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio with her family, which includes her husband and their two sons ages 8 and 14. Inspired by her early experiences and personal development working for fitness apparel brand lululemon athletica, Anjua took risks by setting out on her own to become a successful entrepreneur and life coach, dedicated to empowering women. It was at lululemon that she fell in love with personal development, which inspired her to join forces with h...
#002: This week's guest is Michelle Tamblyn-Sabo, is a self-described spiritual seeker and a mama of 2 shining children, Penelope Love (7) and William Maxwell (5). She is married to JP Tamblyn~Sabo an Internationally known Yoga Teacher and she is the creator of Goddess Flow Feminine Movement. Michelle is a wildly passionate woman that sees potential and possibility in Life. She has a deep seeded belief that when we are aligned with our Soul’s Wisdom anything is possible. Ultimately, Mic...
#001: Welcome to Being Mom! In this episode, host Ali Kozoll, introduces herself and her family by telling her story of pregnancy and her son's birth by cesarean. She shares the intention behind the show and invites you to join her on the beautiful roller coaster ride of being a mother. This is where moms get to connect heart-to-heart about the joys and challenges of motherhood. Welcome to the community, we're so glad you found us!If you'd like to get the links and show notes for this episode...